Category Archives: Deals
Class Actions Fuel Booming UK Litigation Funding Industry
As we have seen in recent months, a growing number of industry leaders are predicting significant growth in the UK litigation funding market in tandem with an increase in class action suits. The latest research from law firm RPC, suggests that the value of the litigation funding industry in the UK has doubled in the…
Trademark Disputes are Challenging, but Offer High Returns for Funders
Trademark litigation has traditionally been an area that has disproportionately favored defendants who are large corporations or industry giants, due to the sheer weight of financial and legal resources they are able to bring to bear. However, recent trends have demonstrated that smaller companies are able to redress that balance by utilizing litigation financing providers…
Macfarlanes Sees a Broad Array of Investors Engaging with Funders
In an economic climate that has continued to demonstrate instability and uncertainty for private investments, the avenue of investment in litigation funding represents a viable alternative to traditional asset classes. Litigation finance represents not only an opportunity to add increased diversity to an investor’s portfolio, but also provides an investment vehicle with the potential to…
Litigation ABS Transactions Represent Enticing Investment Vehicle
Although the litigation funding market already represents an attractive prospect for investors looking for more reliable returns in an economic downturn, the secondary investment market for litigation asset-backed securities is also attracting more attention. Whilst these types of deals are still relatively low in volume compared to other ABS investments available, they remain a viable…
UK Startup Funder Seeks to Meet Regional Demand for Small Cap Funding
Litigation funding in the UK has been largely dominated by national or even global firms based out of London, who have traditionally focused on the lucrative market within the capital and surrounding regions. However, a new funder is seeking to widen access to financing for underserved regions in the country, with Thaxted Capital launching its…
European Funding Predicted To Account for 15% Of Global Market By 2025
While the US and UK are most often in the news for their high profile litigation funding cases, the European continent is seeing an equally impressive rise in the number of funding agreements, and there is plenty of reason to expect this upward momentum to continue. New research and analysis from Deminor, the global litigation…
Top Australian Funder Sees Opportunities in a Post-COVID Market
The impact and the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are still unfolding across the globe, and its disruption of key industries may result in a follow-on surge in class action cases. Whilst most businesses fought to stay profitable or even afloat, the financial support offered by many governments around the world also helped support businesses…
The Stage Is Set For A Boom In Litigation Funding in Scotland
With instability at the highest levels of government in Westminster, and an economic downturn preoccupying the minds of everyone from Canary Wharf to the small business owner on the high street, flexibility in third-party funding legislation is likely to drive a surge in litigation. This is particularly true in Scotland, where previous regional legislation had…
Deminor’s Research Reports ESG Bump
Legal Futures profiles Deminor’s ESG insights in a new report. Deminor says that ESG legal investment has a high likelihood of becoming one of the United Kingdom’s most investable lines of business for litigation financiers.
Litigation Funding in Poland: A Closer Look
Poland has seen tremendous economic growth in recent decades, and now stands out as one of the business powerhouses within Europe. However, unlike other major economies within the region (UK, Germany and the Netherlands) we have not seen a commensurate rise in the adoption of litigation funding and investment that one might expect….
